The Rum Collective: Pageant Rum Bahamas 2015: All The Rum

Heart: Captain Jack (aka Rick Martinez) Backside Proper: Pepin Argamasilla

The second 12 months of any rum competition is commonly telling. Idealists, scoffers and onlookers alike might surprise, both she’ll float and sail onward, or elevate the white flag. Pageant Rum Bahamas left little to surprise as they as soon as once more took over Fort Charlotte; this time additional greedy the creativeness. For me, the anchor dropped when my eyes met these of Captain Jack. Evidently, the seek for my subsequent rum delayed…at the very least for a second. Actually, I did a double take and questioned my senses. I had simply tasted 50 Rums within the Tasting Competitors, (oh, and a pair of refreshing Sands Beers over lunch) however nothing irresponsible. I seemed once more, might it truly be Cap’n Jack Sparrow!? Properly, I wasn’t seeing issues. I used to be within the Bahamas, a house to many a pirate and by the seems to be of the Fort’s decor, they weren’t straying removed from their historical past. The truth is, after assembly him, his stroll and speak had been merely superb, level on with the character performed by Johnny Depp in Pirates of the Caribbean. Pleasant and stuffed with spirit (pun supposed), Cap’n Jack, aka Rick Martinez, was the kind of prime notch entertainer, and actually, certainly one of many, every customer would have the pleasure to observe and work together with on the Pageant. Superior! So I crammed my cup with the native swashbuckling John Watling’s Amber Rum and as day grew to become evening, my understanding grew to become clear, Pageant Rum Bahamas was not going anyplace, however quite they meant for the world of rum lovers to find out about and are available to them. Some might recall my latest article, speaking up the promise of final 12 months’s Pageant; this 12 months that promise was rendered.

Useless males inform no tales and I’ve returned from Nassau with some highlights of this epic three day Pageant. Be happy to seize a glass of your favourite rum, open one other browser window and switch up the amount on the quick video beneath for these pirates at coronary heart!

Rum was well-mixed, however removed from hidden at Pageant Rum Bahamas. To seek out the following potation, one solely had to decide on whether or not to go left or proper, up or down. There have been rum & meals lectures on the lookout up prime and blind rum tastings within the dungeon beneath. I doubt Captain Jack needed to say, “Why is the Rum Gone?” and imply it at this occasion. Let’s check out a small pattern of the rum cubicles the place one might discover high quality cocktails and beneficiant samples. Attempt it and should you like, you could possibly purchase a bottle to take house earlier than you permit! Rumtastic!!

AFROHEAD Rum 7 12 months

Let’s head south to Panama. How about a bit of style of Ron Abuelo?

Sure, please!!

John Watling’s Rum Sales space

They proudly show their well-deserved medals and an exquisite line-up of distinctive blends and vintages. 

Sensible!!

The judges of the Tasting Competitors held public instructional tastings deep contained in the Fort. Company might stroll in and find out about every of the rums entered into the competitors amongst many others, take part for a blind tasting or just cool off from the skin solar. Rum tasting within the dungeon!

The charming Mike Streeter (Rum Connection and Worldwide Rum Council co-founder) introduced out the grins of fairly a couple of on their rum training journey (see photograph above & proper).

Along with the general public instructional tasting, every of the manufacturers that entered the competitors had been on show with their medals.

This is a couple of to notice in your subsequent buying journey.

Ron Abuelo 7yr, Ron de Jeremy, Plantation Nicaragua 2003

Ron Abuelo 12yr, Plantation twentieth Annivesary, El Dorado 15yr

Nightcap! 

Keep tuned for the following article of the collection, Pageant Rum Bahamas 2015: The Meals

Cheers!!